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Military service
Service number:
681654
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 17.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Barker, of 37, Franchise St., Kidderminster, England.
Digital gallery of Private William John Barker
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Bark to Bazinet. Mircoform Sequence 6; Volume Number 31829_B016716. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 150. Page 61 of 1058. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William John Barker
Digital gallery of
Private William John Barker
Digital gallery of
Private William John Barker
Digital gallery of
Private William John Barker
Digital gallery of
Private William John Barker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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